Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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SSUService.exe
SSUService by Splashtop Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.8.0.2 |
| MD5: | f9aedd871e1cd759b95728c9b935d203 |
| SHA1: | 6dea365fca61cb29a0600ed5a9990e5cce01f6d9 |
| SHA256: | 0e3d9f697f76daeea58a9ffd53ae8916a7be0645c61d6cf2945c1875471ea197 |
What is SSUService.exe?
Splashtop Remote Desktop lets you control your computer from your iPad. This is the software update version of Splashtop that daily checks to see if a new software version is available and presents a popup to prompt you to update your software if available.
About SSUService.exe (from Splashtop Inc.)
“Splashtop Remote desktop for iPad & iPhone with video, audio, and full interactivity with your computer desktop. New York Times calls it “both a breakthrough and a bargain. A computer with the Splasht”
Details
| File name: | ssuservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Splashtop Inc. |
| Product name: | SSUService |
| Description: | Splashtop Software Updater Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\splashtop\splashtop software updater\ssuservice.exe |
| File version: | 1.8.0.2 |
| Product version: | 1.5 |
| Size: | 569.78 KB (583,456 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Splashtop Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Splashtop is a remote desktop software solution that allows users to connect to and control their computer from a mobile computing device, such as an iPad, iPhone, webOS, or Android device. The company has evolved from a developer of an embedded "instant-on" commercial Linux distribution (built into the motherboard of PC vendors and other device manufacturers) into a software developer of remote-control and streaming technology. Both Sp...
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'SSUService' (Splashtop Software Updater Service)
- SSUService
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005975% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002065% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003910% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 316,949/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.44 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.16 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.96 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.44 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 46.33 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 56.5 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.77 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.01 MB | |
| Page faults: | 9,311/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3.59 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 4/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 12 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 127 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\splashtop\splashtop software updater\ssuservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SSUService |
| Display name: | Splashtop Software Updater Service |
| Description: | “Splashtop software updater enables updates and enhancements to the SmartView browser extension.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
58.54% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.20% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
7.32% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
4.88% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
4.88% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.44% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.44% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
2.44% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.44% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.44% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 52.50% of SSUService.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
30.00% |
|
| Toshiba |
30.00% |
|
| Dell |
15.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
10.00% |
|
| Acer |
7.50% |
|
| Alienware |
7.50% |
|